Chestnut wood, apples and old silver

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You know how I love my wormy chestnut, and I love using it in different ways. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0d8pk7esb8JFowWot2vbSXx5b8HSyKwNwpkkCxP9LXvmD1E-fAGu_RSxuWONkldSrXnjxSRK4ypcIZCmS_zsMyHVpAIqK5xxqxS-NiYAQgrCN3Yk_QlWQKQFGyb85GbpdQ-2TiryB1A/s1600/2013woodplank.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0d8pk7esb8JFowWot2vbSXx5b8HSyKwNwpkkCxP9LXvmD1E-fAGu_RSxuWONkldSrXnjxSRK4ypcIZCmS_zsMyHVpAIqK5xxqxS-NiYAQgrCN3Yk_QlWQKQFGyb85GbpdQ-2TiryB1A/s640/2013woodplank.jpg" width="443"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg"></a></span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><a href="http://anita-faraboverubies.blogspot.com/2013/09/chestnut-wood-apples-and-old-silver.html#more">Read more...</a>

Chestnut wood, apples and old silver

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Antique wormy chestnut countertops reveal...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Oh how very excited I have been to get to this day:-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOFKPkj0E_SZ64Yht5yOcW8VjyLKHj40Sj0VT62q2PbOa0mIr0q7YPQOci6eWZYrSTUvtZ2tz_vbzMVwAUjUWGiJImZ0t14G4WnoHp0BCiLzlT96Mi55LYcC6k2eNQ__E6lMLIJXeldQ/s1600/2013newcountertops9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOFKPkj0E_SZ64Yht5yOcW8VjyLKHj40Sj0VT62q2PbOa0mIr0q7YPQOci6eWZYrSTUvtZ2tz_vbzMVwAUjUWGiJImZ0t14G4WnoHp0BCiLzlT96Mi55LYcC6k2eNQ__E6lMLIJXeldQ/s640/2013newcountertops9.jpg" width="582"></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><br></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg"></a></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span></div><a href="http://anita-faraboverubies.blogspot.com/2013/09/antique-wormy-chestnut-countertops.html#more">Read more...</a>

Antique wormy chestnut countertops reveal...

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Countertop progress...really:-)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Try to cut off the water with three children at home and you will know why we waited for the first day of school to put in the countertop.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaFlBZw5NGyxrZ0LdvWWmVvrLFkG32fJHxj_n4pA1lwK2jXgMTlYWddbjmEQhP8eLU1acGhdqUcPqN8gRi39LzIkN1ruWOcR1iJJD1kv1DeKR6HTljkWPc0jgaqj3uCy0nRlFZ7Sy2kg/s1600/countertops91.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaFlBZw5NGyxrZ0LdvWWmVvrLFkG32fJHxj_n4pA1lwK2jXgMTlYWddbjmEQhP8eLU1acGhdqUcPqN8gRi39LzIkN1ruWOcR1iJJD1kv1DeKR6HTljkWPc0jgaqj3uCy0nRlFZ7Sy2kg/s640/countertops91.jpg" width="388"></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"><div><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg"></a></div></span></div><a href="http://anita-faraboverubies.blogspot.com/2013/08/countertop-progressreally.html#more">Read more...</a>

Countertop progress...really:-)

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Making wood countertops...part III

<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let me warn you now, this is not going to be pretty. But if you want to learn to make countertops the hard way, this post is for you:-)</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We started the day with our beautifully planed 150-year-old wormy chestnut boards thinking we would get the edges straight, then fit them together, join with biscuits and get them glued.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXOottUSAqz9nCjPeyY0UervGKDCiMKhCqms18zhqarIb_JzIolf2VajToVxdqy-KRpHto5GHdAXjAmHSCDB-H5lMsd1js8DcaZHMMDtznse0EWv2wIYhDHEZ6ykYRKfx3vTWcYDMrtA/s1600/counters20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXOottUSAqz9nCjPeyY0UervGKDCiMKhCqms18zhqarIb_JzIolf2VajToVxdqy-KRpHto5GHdAXjAmHSCDB-H5lMsd1js8DcaZHMMDtznse0EWv2wIYhDHEZ6ykYRKfx3vTWcYDMrtA/s640/counters20.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg"></a></span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><div style="text-align: center;"></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://anita-faraboverubies.blogspot.com/2013/08/making-wood-countertopspart-iii.html#more">Read more...</a>

Making wood countertops...part III

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Countertop making and the ongoing sink saga...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We got a great start preparing the wormy chestnut boards for my countertops today, despite the threat of rain. You can see part one, pulling off the boards, <a href="http://anita-faraboverubies.blogspot.com/2013/08/countertop-progress.html">HERE</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwFlcSkxI-BnVHBLS4U66PphxWUqeklVL-NwV_UV72rBmo1bA0K69Bccob8XKOamO__bzwF19KY4PIc568hXBCF1pN3s9sorM5KI4u_IoRNF5CVmjaZh_af9ss9hg2bDNSdsgbqe6nuA/s1600/countertops6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwFlcSkxI-BnVHBLS4U66PphxWUqeklVL-NwV_UV72rBmo1bA0K69Bccob8XKOamO__bzwF19KY4PIc568hXBCF1pN3s9sorM5KI4u_IoRNF5CVmjaZh_af9ss9hg2bDNSdsgbqe6nuA/s640/countertops6.jpg" width="426"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg"></a></div></div></span><br><a href="http://anita-faraboverubies.blogspot.com/2013/08/countertop-making-and-ongoing-sink-saga.html#more">Read more...</a>

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Making the cabinet...

<div style="text-align: center;"><br> Yesterday I showed the cabinet my husband made for me and how I filled it with family treasures <a href="http://anita-faraboverubies.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-cabinet.html">HERE</a>. So today, I wanted to share how he made "something from nothing" using a tree, reclaimed and scrap wood. </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He was really excited when I talked to him about making it for me until I told him I wanted to use the walnut tree my dad had cut and had milled into rough boards. These boards had been sitting in my dad's garage for at least 20 years. That means they were warped, dry and not that easy to work with. Did I mention my husband is patient and a perfectionist? </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"><div><br></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQAUgo_3DJpksj7-7wEtgADzf7f4_fA0s4taRPKwSCVQSgLw955RAZL5pYNnuO435elECe01fNu9JYL0YtyaAD9O-geW4Lk6fkeW718rl3h0IJkiKfEdAz9DeznZJrewM2aqOwVAfOJTc/s1600/2013chinacabinet14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQAUgo_3DJpksj7-7wEtgADzf7f4_fA0s4taRPKwSCVQSgLw955RAZL5pYNnuO435elECe01fNu9JYL0YtyaAD9O-geW4Lk6fkeW718rl3h0IJkiKfEdAz9DeznZJrewM2aqOwVAfOJTc/s1600/2013chinacabinet14.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He first designed the cabinet based on an old rule of proportion called the <a href="http://www.finewoodworking.com/fwnpdffree/011168048.pdf">"Golden Ratio."</a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://anita-faraboverubies.blogspot.com/2013/03/making-cabinet.html#more">Read more...</a>

Making the cabinet...

 Yesterday I showed the cabinet my husband made for me and how I filled it with family treasures HERE . So today, I wanted to share how he m...

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